Process of evaporation.



c. R. MABEE'; PROCESS OF EVAPORATION. PPLIOAT'IQN FILED 13130.3, 1910.

Patented July 18, 1911.

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Specification of I Ietters Patent. v Applicationfiled December 3, 191b, Serial 110,595,350.

Patented July 18, 1911.

To all whom it may canard:

Be it known that I, CHARLES It; Manna,

a'citizen ofthe United States,.residing at i Detroit,- county of Wayne,- State 'of'Michian, haveinvented -a certain new and .use- 1 Improvement in Processes of "Evapora- 'tion, and declare the following tobe a full,

clear, and exact: description of the. saw, *such as will enable :others skilled in-the artto whichit pertains .to. make and use-the same,- reference bein had to the accomanying drawings,=whi c form a part 0- this specification.

- This. invention relates to the pro cessfof evaporation by which 1 water is or may separated fromanysolid-substanc that iseither dissolved in it.. or cont-ained':in .i t 'in suspension.

The'. drawings showaniadequatex ineans for producingtheresults which carry out the, process, but; do' not. by any means show I F all the different-varietiesofmeans by which the process 'canbe-carriedon.

-- In the drawings Figuref 1-, is an -eleva tion of amachine co or atank and-re volvingperforatedz disksl a aptedito carry out the process.

" tudinal of=the shaft of-the same-apparatus. F' 3,'is aside-=felevation..of one. o'f'the dis s. Fig; 4, is a-sectionl through a por tion of one of the'=disks. I In carrying outthe process which involves this invention, the main feature -con-' carrying smalliso-l lated asses of air into and below the surfaceof'the liquidwhich is to be evaporated, liberating the isolated masses of air under the 1iqu1d;- preferably discharging them throu h'the liquid in process of evaporation and a lowing the isolatedma'sses to extract heat from-the liquid, .thereby themselves becoming expanded, and capable of absorbing the vapor to a greater extent than colder massesof air could,-'rising through the liquid. to the top thereof while-so absor ing the 1iq-.

uid or vapor, and then carrying away the 1 saturated air which has escape liquid;

from the It is a well known fact that water subjected to heatin .a tank becoming hotter favorab e circumstances 'a pound ofcoal to ri-bei ng required'for continuous work water. If a vacuum is employed over the surface of the liquid and is what is known commercially as a single effectvacuum the amount evaporated is about the same. If'a slightly increased quantities of water are converted intov steam, but with theprocess that has been described heretofore, I have found experimentally that with a single pound of coal raising the liquid to be treated to about 150 degrees, I can produce an evaporation of 18 pounds and upward, and this I attribute to the factthat I seize comparatively cool air from a position above double or triple effect vacuum be, used,

the liquid, carry. itin its comparatively cool state'under the surface of the liquid and as n'early'as possible to the bottom of .the tank, distributing the air in small particles through the liquid as widely as possible and allowmg thesmall particles to rise through the heated liquid and escape from thesurface, whence-they are driven away by mov ing currents of air, as by a fan, the use of .a" fan or some sim lar air moving apparatus Air, at-70 degrees, which- "ay considered as aboutthe normaltemperature, carries not to exceed 7.94 grains ofmoisture per cubic foot. The same air heated to- 125 degrees will carry 37 grains of moisture per cubic foot. If the temperature be raised from 125.degrees to 150 degrees, the water carrying canacitv is doubled and a cubic foot will now carry 73 grains. -At 195 degrees the cubic foot can carry 1% grains of moisture, and at 212' degrees the carrying capacity has reached 265 grains per cubic foot. (Gardners table) It is therefore highly desirable that the air introiuced be either coolair or air that has bee; heated while dry; If cool air be introduced under the-water it absorbs heat from the water and increases, its capacity thereby; if warm air be introduced in a dry state it will produce proportionately good results, and herefore it is not essential that heat be applied directly to the liquid, although that, is probuid-in. as dry aco'nditionas possib e and in as heated a cond tion as rnay besu iable for the product to be produced. 7 f rsans case the results will be substantiall'y"the same.

5 Especially is this'desirable where the .heatis a plied to the outside of the vessel containmg'the liquid, for the reasonthat when heat'is applied to a vessel containing liquid there is soon a formation of little bub-.

bles, either air bubbles or vapor bubbles, a-ccording to .the temperature applied to the outside of .the vessel, and these bubbles,

small in'size, adhere by cohesion to the sur face of the vessel or to the surface of pipes m the vessel, to such an extent that, as is well known in laboratory experiments, with care the liquid in a smooth glass vessel-may be heated to considerably above the boiling point, as 215 degrees, with "a" formation of-a film of air or vapor along the sides ofthe' -.vessel', and if the cohesion of this film be broken and the bubbles allowed to escape, there will been almost explosive ebullition of the liquid in the flash. It is highly def sirable commercially that these bubbles be prevented. from adhering'to the sides of the vessel and the moving air carrier ofthis f device, and all devices which are preferably used in carrying out this process, throw 80the liquid into commotion and largely prevent th eadhesion of bubbles to any part of the surface. These little bubbles which form on' the surface and adhere to the surface of a vessel that is heated act as insulators against the transmission of heat through that portion ofthe surface over which they spread,

"the metal of the vessel at that point becomin hotter than the boiling point of the liqui and remaining hotter without any bene- 40 ficial evaporating effect until the insulation 'is' destroyed by. removing the bubbles.

In actual action the process described enables me to remove a large amount of liquid in the form of vapor without causingthe vapor to absorb the large amount ofheat necessary to convert the liquid into steam.. As is well known, water when it is transformed into steam absorbs at the critical point 965-7/10 B. T. U., whereas, a large part of the vapor which is produced by this process consists of globules or masses and requires only thermal units necessary to raiseit to the temperature of the out-gomg vapor. The apparatus employed to carry out this process in the open air or under normal conditions of air pressure may be usefully employed when inclosed in what is commercially termed vacuum pans, which are not in fact vacua, but apparatus for reducing' the pressure by 26 or 27 inches as an extreme. 'This apparatus, used .in connection with'a so-called vacuum apparatus,

will produce "the desired effects and will cause the-breakingnp of the cohesion of the 55 particles of gas oryapor forming on the shaft C by any suitable means,'as by means sides of thevess'el and thus aids greatly in evaporation.

- .In carrying out the process the apparatus illustrated in the drawings is well adapted to produce good results, The ap aratus shown comprises a tank A in which the liquid to be evaporated is placed- Properly ournaled with respect to the. tank A on cearings it is a hollow shaft C upon which are mounted a number of perforated disks E, the disks being preferably so perforated that the rim of each perforation F or H projects at the side beyond the surface of the disk. Motion is communicated to :the

of a pulley wheel G and the shaftv with the disks secured thereto is rotated, the disks dipping into the liquid and passing through it, and in the travel each disk carries down into the liquid the air which becomes trapped or caught in the hole F or the ho H, and any air. which may be trapped r caught underneath or around the projectingrims of the holes. The continued rotation of the shaft and of the-disks carries quantities of air. intotheliquid which -be-. comes detached from the "disksfand rises through thejliquid in the manner described in the description of the-process, hereinbe-- fore given. The air above the liquid is moved by a. blast that passes through-a hollow shaft and'escapes from perforation-K in the sides of the shaftor along the course of the shaft. Preferably, thetank is made as a covered vessel and the air crowded out 1 from the vesselescapes through the vent opening L. In place of the hollow shaft or additionalthereto air tube,-an air pipe N leading through the .side of the vessel may conduct air underforce into the tank above 1 the surface of the liquid.

What I claim is 1. The process of evaporating liquids consisting in mechanically introducing air. in

isolated masses into the liquid and carrying 1 same below the surface thereof, allowing the introduced air to absorb vapor from the liquid and escape therefrom, substantially as described.

2. The process of evaporating liquids con- 'sisting in placing the liquid in a tank and carrying air in isolated masses into the liquid, agitating the liquid and dispersing the introduced air, allowing the introduced air to rise in bubbles through the liquid and 1 escape from the surface thereof, substantially as described.

3. The process of evaporating liquids consistingin placing the liquid in a .tank, carrying air into the liquid in'isolated masses, 1 dispersing the isolated masses of air in the form of bubbles through the liquid,allowing them to rise through the liquid absorbing moisture therefrom and escaping from the s rface thereofand removing theescapii;

ing vapor from the surface by mechanical means, substantially as described.

4. The process of evaporating liquids consisting in treating the liquid in a tank by air passing over the surface thereof under forced blast and by mechanically carrying from the surface downward isolated masses of air, allowing the air carried downward to absorb Vapor from the liquid and to escape therefrom, substantially as described. 10

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES R. MABEE. \Vitnesses VIRGINIA C. SPRATT, VERA PILLMAN. 

